Watching Mandy Moore on "The 5," you can tell she is as much an actress as she is a musician. Her face is so animated that you could sit through this MTV.com interview with the sound off and still get a real good feel for what her new album's like: grown-up, sincere and ever-so-slightly self-deprecating.
Whether or not her recent marriage to new-country's punk prince, Ryan Adams, has directly affected her music, she doesn't say. But she does name-check Wilco while describing the sound she's after. Her debut Amanda Leigh single, "I Could Break Your Heart Any Day Of The Week" isn't exactly "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under," but it's definitely got a twang to it.
Manning that twang is producer Mike Viola, the guy who actually wrote and sang "That Thing You Do." Introduced by Mandy's buddy Inara George (The Bird And The Bee), the two hit it off immediately and quickly had an album on their hands. But why don't I let Mandy tell the rest. She says it all so... clearly. Only thing that's sorely lacking from this interview is her Ultimate Fighting fetish, but that's why you've got Google!
Check out Mandy Moore's new interview below, and watch her new "I Could Break Your Heart Any Day Of The Week" video after the jump! Plus, stream Wilco's new album, Wilco (The Album), on mtvU!